Blackpool Methodist Gallery
This section gathers together all of the images we have accumulated relating to Methodism in Blackpool.
Some of these images were shared on the now defunct Blackpool Methodist Circuit website, while others have been gathered from a variety of sources. If you're interested in one of the newspaper articles a full transcription will be available in the Methodist History section of this website. More information will be added periodically.
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![Red brick building with a large square tower on one corner](resources/images/town/methodist/chapelst/chapelst_1-thumbnail.webp)
Chapel Street Methodist Church
![Traditional brick built church building without a tower or spire](resources/images/town/methodist/highfield/highfield_1-thumbnail.webp)
South Shore Methodist Community Church on Scarsdale Road, Blackpool
![Red brick church with a square tower and stone architectural features around windows and doors, positioned on the corner of a road](resources/images/town/methodist/layton/layton_1-thumbnail.webp)
Layton Methodist Church on Westcliffe Drive, Blackpool
![Modern brick built church with a steep, white trimmed A-frame roof](resources/images/town/methodist/lindale/lindale_1-thumbnail.webp)
South Shore Methodist Community Church on Dorritt Road, Blackpool
![Modern yellow brick church building, with large rectangular plain glass windows](resources/images/town/methodist/marton/marton_1-thumbnail.webp)
Marton Methodist Church on Midgeland Road, Blackpool
![Modern red brick church building comprising the floor above a shoe shop](resources/images/town/methodist/newcentral/newcentral_1-thumbnail.webp)
New Central Methodist Church on Adelaide St West, Blackpool
![Traditional red brick church with a spire](resources/images/town/methodist/northshore/northshore_1-thumbnail.webp)
North Shore Methodist Community Church, Blackpool
![Modern brick built church building without a tower or spire](resources/images/town/methodist/waterloord/waterloord-thumbnail.webp)
Waterloo Road Methodist Church, Blackpool
![Side view of a traditional red brick church with a spire on the left hand end](resources/images/town/methodist/raikesparade/raikes-parade1-thumbnail.webp)
Raikes Parade Methodist Church, Blackpool
![Angled view of a traditional red brick church with a spire](resources/images/town/methodist/raikesparade/raikes-parade2-thumbnail.webp)
Raikes Parade Methodist Church, Blackpool
![Front view of a traditional red brick church with a spire](resources/images/town/methodist/raikesparade/raikes-parade3-thumbnail.webp)
Raikes Parade Methodist Church, Blackpool
![Monochrome interior of a church with pews in the foreground, a central stained glass window, organ pipes to the right and arched memorial to the left](resources/images/town/methodist/rawcliffest/ebenezer-rawcliffe-st2-thumbnail.webp)
Interior of Rawcliffe Street Methodist Church, Blackpool
![cover of a Spanish Bazaar souvenir book for Rawcliffe Street Methodist Church featuring a line drawing of the church](resources/images/town/methodist/rawcliffest/ebenezer-rawcliffe-st1-thumbnail.webp)
Spanish Bazaar souvenir book: Rawcliffe Street Methodist Church
![Church interior, mostly painted in shades of cream, showing pews in front of a raised wooden platform and organ pipes on a turquoise wall](resources/images/town/methodist/highfield/highfield_church_interior_1-thumbnail.webp)
Highfield Church interior
![Organ pipes on a turquoise wall,above a wooden pulpit and table displaying a brass cross and vase of flowers](resources/images/town/methodist/highfield/highfield_church_interior_2-thumbnail.webp)
Highfield Church organ
![Interior of a Methodist church with dark wooden pews, cream coloured walls, a curved ceiling and high arched windows](resources/images/town/methodist/highfield/highfieldfrompulpit-thumbnail.webp)
Highfield Church interior - view from the pulpit
![Exterior of a brick built church with square tower next to a bingo hall](resources/images/town/methodist/newcentral/central_mc-thumbnail.webp)
Central Methodist Church
![Grainy black and white picture of a church with a spire](resources/images/town/methodist/general/blackpool_gazette_1956_january_shaw_road-thumbnail.webp)
Shaw Road Methodist Church
![Interior of church hall, with wooden floor, large windows and stacked chairs on both sides, and a raised platform at the end](resources/images/town/methodist/highfield/highfield_hall-thumbnail.webp)
Highfield Church hall interior
![Galley kitchen in a church hall, a window at the end, a serving hatch on the left, cupboards and appliances on both sides](resources/images/town/methodist/highfield/highfield_hall_kitchen-thumbnail.webp)
Highfield Church hall kitchen
![Wooden octagonal baptismal font on a stand, bearing an inscribed brass plate](resources/images/town/methodist/highfield/highfield_font-thumbnail.webp)
Highfield Church font, in memory of Mrs Irene Wisbey (nee Lord) and sister Bernice
![Dark blue banner, a faded yellow fringe, with the words 'Highfield Methodist Sunday School' in faded yellow](resources/images/town/methodist/highfield/highfieldSundaySchoolBanner-thumbnail.webp)
Highfield Sunday School banner
![Poster with an image of Jesus and a number of children, surrounded by boxes containing names and dates](resources/images/town/methodist/highfield/highfield_cradle_roll-thumbnail.webp)
Highfield Methodist Church Cradle Roll
![Interior of a Methodist church with dark wooden pews, cream coloured walls and large arched windows](resources/images/town/methodist/highfield/highfield_church_interior_3-thumbnail.webp)
Highfield Church interior - view from the front
![Organ pipes against a light blue wall with wooden panelled furnishings in front](resources/images/town/methodist/highfield/highfield_interior_4-thumbnail.webp)
Highfield Church interior
![Organ pipes against a light blue wall, wooden altar rail in the foreground and wooden panelled pulpit and choir stalls behind](resources/images/town/methodist/highfield/highfield_interior_5-thumbnail.webp)
Highfield Church interior
![Brass cross on a table in Highfield Methodist Church](resources/images/town/methodist/highfield/highfield_cross-thumbnail.webp)
Highfield Church cross
![Waterloo Road Methodist Church partly hidden by trees](resources/images/town/methodist/waterloord/waterloo-rd2-thumbnail.webp)
Waterloo Road Methodist Church exterior
![Large modern church hall, painted pale blue and white](resources/images/town/methodist/waterloord/waterloo-rd-interior-thumbnail.webp)
Waterloo Road Methodist Church interior
![Black and white view of a church with a spire, people and cars passing by](resources/images/town/methodist/northshore/north_shore_old-thumbnail.webp)
North Shore Methodist Church exterior
![Red brick church with a spire, cars parked outside](resources/images/town/methodist/northshore/north_shore_1-thumbnail.webp)
North Shore Methodist Church exterior
![Interior of a large church with a balcony, painted white with wooden panelling and organ pipes in the centre](resources/images/town/methodist/northshore/north-shore-interior-thumbnail.webp)
North Shore Methodist Church interior
![Black and white image of a church with a square tower on the corner of a road](resources/images/town/methodist/newcentral/adelaide_st_1-thumbnail.webp)
Central Methodist Church
![Monochrome image of a traditional red brick church with a spire](resources/images/town/methodist/raikesparade/raikes_parade_B_W-thumbnail.webp)
Raikes Parade Methodist Church, Blackpool
![Monochrome image of organ pipes and a wooden pulpit in a church](resources/images/town/methodist/raikesparade/raikes_parade_interior_organ-thumbnail.webp)
Interior of Raikes Parade Methodist Church, Blackpool
![White ceramic mug with the image of a church transfer-printed in red on both sides](resources/images/town/methodist/northshore/northshore_mug-thumbnail.webp)
North Shore Methodist Church commemorative mug
![Monochrome picture of a group of 38 men, most wearing black suits and bow ties, some sitting, some standing, outside a church door](resources/images/town/methodist/raikesparade/blackpool_male_voice_choir_raikes_parade-thumbnail.webp)
Blackpool Male Voice Choir at Raikes Parade Methodist Church - date unknown
![1846 newspaper cutting about a London Missionary Society meeting in Blackpool](resources/images/town/methodist/general/pcla_29Aug1846-thumbnail.webp)
The Preston Chronicle and Lancashire Advertiser: 1846 - London Missionary Society meeting in Blackpool
![1848 cutting from Slater's Directory about places of worship in Blackpool](resources/images/town/methodist/general/1848_slaters_page_25-thumbnail.webp)
1848 Slater’s Directory: Places of worship in Blackpool
![1851 census return for Marton Methodist Church](resources/images/town/methodist/marton/marton1851-thumbnail.webp)
1851 Census: return for Wesleyan Chapel, Great Marton
![1851 census return for Central Methodist Church](resources/images/town/methodist/newcentral/central1851-thumbnail.webp)
1851 Census: return for Central Methodist Church
![1855 cutting from Slater's Directory about places of worship in Blackpool](resources/images/town/methodist/general/1855_slaters_page42-thumbnail.webp)
1855 Slater’s Directory: Places of worship in Blackpool
![Newspaper article dated 17 February 1855 about a Wesleyan tea party](resources/images/town/methodist/general/pcla_17_feb_1855_tea_party-thumbnail.webp)
The Preston Chronicle and Lancashire Advertiser: Wesleyan Annual Tea Party 1855
![Newspaper article dated 9th August 1862 about a presentation to Reverend E Oldfield](resources/images/town/methodist/general/pcla_09_aug_1862_presentation-thumbnail.webp)
The Preston Chronicle and Lancashire Advertiser: Presentation to Rev. E Oldfield
![Newspaper article dated 17 September 1864 about the building of Adelaide Street Methodist Church](resources/images/town/methodist/newcentral/adelaideSt1864_combined-thumbnail.webp)
The Preston Chronicle and Lancashire Advertiser: 1864 Adelaide Street Methodist Church newspaper article
![1864 newspaper cutting about Wesleyan marriages](resources/images/town/methodist/general/pcla_29_oct_1864_marriage-thumbnail.webp)
The Preston Chronicle and Lancashire Advertiser: 1864 - marriage announcement
![Black and white cutting showing a street view of a church and shops, descriptive text beneath](resources/images/town/methodist/newcentral/central_1-thumbnail.webp)
Central Methodist Church, 1865
![May 1867 newspaper cutting about Wesleyan marriages](resources/images/town/methodist/general/pcla_11_05_1867_marriages-thumbnail.webp)
The Preston Chronicle and Lancashire Advertiser: May 1867 - marriage announcement
![June 1867 newspaper cutting about Wesleyan marriages](resources/images/town/methodist/general/pc_15_june_1867_marriage-thumbnail.webp)
The Preston Chronicle and Lancashire Advertiser: June 1867 - marriage announcement
![1868 newspaper cutting about Wesleyan marriages](resources/images/town/methodist/general/blackpool1868_marriageNotice-thumbnail.webp)
The Preston Chronicle and Lancashire Advertiser: 1868 - marriage announcement
![1869 cutting from Slater's Directory about places of worship in Blackpool](resources/images/town/methodist/general/1869_slaters_page_95-thumbnail.webp)
1869 Slater’s Directory: Places of worship in Blackpool
![Newspaper article dated 15th April 1872 about annual school sermons](resources/images/town/methodist/general/pcla_15_apr_1871_school_sermons-thumbnail.webp)
The Preston Chronicle and Lancashire Advertiser: Annual school sermons 1871
![Newspaper article dated 11th April 1874 about annual Sunday school sermons](resources/images/town/methodist/general/pcla_11_apr_1874_annual_sermons-thumbnail.webp)
The Preston Chronicle and Lancashire Advertiser: Annual Sunday school sermons 1874
![Newspaper article dated 17 November 1877 about the Wesleyan Foreign Missionary Society at Adelaide Street Methodist Church](resources/images/town/methodist/newcentral/adelaideSt1877-thumbnail.webp)
The Preston Chronicle and Lancashire Advertiser: 1877 - Wesleyan Foreign Missionary Society at Adelaide Street Methodist Church
![1878 newspaper cutting about Wesleyan marriages](resources/images/town/methodist/general/pcla_07_dec_1878-thumbnail.webp)
The Preston Chronicle and Lancashire Advertiser: 1878 - Adelaide Street Church marriage announcement
![1879 newspaper cutting about Wesleyan marriages](resources/images/town/methodist/general/marriage_15_March_1879-thumbnail.webp)
The Preston Chronicle and Lancashire Advertiser: 1879 - marriage announcement
![1879 newspaper cutting about Wesleyan marriages](resources/images/town/methodist/general/marriage_15_March_1879-thumbnail.webp)
The Preston Chronicle and Lancashire Advertiser: 1879 - marriage announcement
![Newspaper article dated 21 February 1880 about the Adelaide Street Methodist Church annual meeting and tea](resources/images/town/methodist/newcentral/publication_21_feb_1880-thumbnail.webp)
The Preston Chronicle and Lancashire Advertiser: 1880 - Adelaide Street Methodist Church annual meeting and tea
![1881 newspaper cutting about Wesleyan marriages](resources/images/town/methodist/general/bh_marriages_06_may_1881-thumbnail.webp)
Blackpool Herald: 1881 - fashionable weddings in Blackpool
![1881 newspaper cutting about Blackpool Wesleyan Young Men’s Mutual Improvement Society](resources/images/town/methodist/newcentral/publication_06_May_1881-thumbnail.webp)
Blackpool Herald: 1881 - Blackpool Wesleyan Young Men’s Mutual Improvement Society
![Newspaper article dated 14 April 1882 about the Wesleyan Sunday School Union meeting at Adelaide Street Methodist Church](resources/images/town/methodist/newcentral/publication-14-april-1882-thumbnail.webp)
Blackpool Herald: 1882 - Wesleyan Sunday School Union meeting at Adelaide Street Methodist Church
![Newspaper article dated 14 April 1882 about the Adelaide Street Sunday School annual sermons](resources/images/town/methodist/newcentral/publication-14-april-1882-thumbnail.webp)
Blackpool Herald: 1882 - Adelaide Street Sunday School annual sermons
![1883 newspaper cutting about anniversary services in the Wesleyan Chapel, Blackpool](resources/images/town/methodist/general/pcla_31_mar_1883_anninversary-thumbnail.webp)
The Preston Chronicle and Lancashire Advertiser: Anniversary services in Blackpool's Wesleyan Chapel 1883
![1888 newspaper cutting about the Christmas Tea and Entertainment at Chapel Street Methodist Church](resources/images/town/methodist/chapelst/publication_28_December_1888_3-thumbnail.webp)
Blackpool Herald: Christmas Tea and Entertainment at Chapel Street, 1883
![1885 newspaper cutting about a Wesleyan quarterly meeting](resources/images/town/methodist/general/pcla_28_mar_1885_quarterly_meeting-thumbnail.webp)
The Preston Chronicle and Lancashire Advertiser: Wesleyan quarterly meeting 1885
![1886 newspaper cutting about a new Methodist chapel for Blackpool](resources/images/town/methodist/newcentral/publication_12_November_1886-thumbnail.webp)
Blackpool Herald: 1886 - Methodist New Connexion
![1888 newspaper cutting about Christmas tea for Sunday school children at Adelaide Street](resources/images/town/methodist/newcentral/publication_28_December_1888-thumbnail.webp)
Blackpool Herald: 1888 - Treat to children at Adelaide Street
![1888 newspaper cutting about a service at Adelaide Street Methodist Church](resources/images/town/methodist/newcentral/publication_28_December_1888_2-thumbnail.webp)
Blackpool Herald: 1888 - Christmas service at Adelaide Street
![1890 newspaper cutting about new Wesleyan buildings](resources/images/town/methodist/general/blackpool1890-thumbnail.webp)
The Preston Chronicle and Lancashire Advertiser: 1890 - new Wesleyan buildings in Fylde District
![1895 cutting from Kellys's Directory about Rawcliffe Street Wesleyan Chapel in Blackpool](resources/images/town/methodist/general/1895_kellys_page_107_rawcliffeSt-thumbnail.webp)
1895 Kelly’s Directory (Lancashire): Rawcliffe Street Wesleyan Chapel
![1895 cutting from Kelly's Directory about places of worship in Blackpool](resources/images/town/methodist/general/1895_kellys_page_109_service_times-thumbnail.webp)
1895 Kelly’s Directory (Lancashire): Places of worship in Blackpool
![1895 cutting from Kellys's Directory about Marton Methodist Chapel in Blackpool](resources/images/town/methodist/general/kellys_1895_page_110-thumbnail.webp)
1895 Kelly’s Directory (Lancashire): Marton Methodist Chapel
![1900 newspaper cutting about a meeting of the Fylde Wesleyan Circuit at Adelaide Street Methodist Church](resources/images/town/methodist/newcentral/publication_23_March_1900_2-thumbnail.webp)
Fleetwood Chronicle and Fylde Advertiser: 1900 - Fylde Wesleyan Circuit meeting at Adelaide Street Methodist Church
![1900 newspaper cutting about a meeting of the Wesley Guild Movement at Rawcliffe Street Methodist Church](resources/images/town/methodist/rawcliffest/publication_23_March_1900_1-thumbnail.webp)
Fleetwood Chronicle and Fylde Advertiser: 1900 Wesley Guild Movement meeting at Rawcliffe Street Methodist Church
![Sketch of a church with a spire on the corner of a road, people are in the foregorund having emerged from the church](resources/images/town/methodist/raikesparade/raikes_parade_1904_building_news-thumbnail.webp)
The Building News 1904: Raikes Parade Methodist Church - image with plan
![1905 newspaper cutting about a prize-giving at Layton Methodist New Connexion School](resources/images/town/methodist/layton/publication_04_February_1905-thumbnail.webp)
The Preston Herald: 1905 - Layton Methodist New Connexion School
![1907 newspaper cutting about a floral bazaar at Layton Methodist Church](resources/images/town/methodist/layton/fc_31_May_1907_floral_bazaar-thumbnail.webp)
The Fleetwood Chronicle and Fylde Advertiser: 1907 - Layton Methodists: Hold a successful floral bazaar
![1909 advertisement for events at Adelaide Street Methodist Church](resources/images/town/methodist/newcentral/Adelaide_Street_1909-thumbnail.webp)
1909 Advertisement - United Methodist Church, Adelaide Street: 1909 advertisement for events at Adelaide Street Methodist Church
![1911 newspaper cutting about a trip to Nottingham by members of Layton Methodist Church](resources/images/town/methodist/layton/Fleetwood_Chronicle_19_May_1911-thumbnail.webp)
The Fleetwood Chronicle and Fylde Advertiser: 1911 - Layton Methodists at Nottingham
![1915 newspaper cutting about an address at Adelaide Street Methodist Church by the assistant secretary to the London Wesleyan Mission](resources/images/town/methodist/newcentral/publication_27_july_1915-thumbnail.webp)
Fleetwood Chronicle and Fylde Advertiser: 1915 - London Wesleyan Mission assistant secretary at Adelaide Street Methodist Church
![Black granite tablet listing Marton’s First World War dead](resources/images/town/methodist/marton/marton-tablet-thumbnail.webp)
First World War Memorial, Marton Methodist Church
![First World War bronze memorial plaque](resources/images/town/methodist/northshore/north-shore-ww1-thumbnail.webp)
First World memorial plaque, North Shore Methodist Church
![Large, unframed, decorated sheet of paper listing the details of Raikes Parade members who served in the First World War](resources/images/town/methodist/raikesparade/raikes-roll-of-honour-thumbnail.webp)
First World War roll of honour, Raikes Parade Methodist Church
![A collection of plaques and a framed roll of honour hanging on a wooden clad wall in Raikes Parade Methodist Church](resources/images/town/methodist/raikesparade/raikes-memorials-thumbnail.webp)
War memorials in Raikes Parade Methodist Church
![First World War bronze memorial plaque](resources/images/town/methodist/raikesparade/raikes-memorial1-thumbnail.webp)
First World War memorial plaque in Raikes Parade Methodist Church
![Second World War bronze memorial plaque](resources/images/town/methodist/raikesparade/raikes-ww2-thumbnail.webp)
Second World War memorial plaque in Raikes Parade Methodist Church
![Unpolished First World War brass memorial plaque](resources/images/town/methodist/rawcliffest/rawcliffe-memorial1-thumbnail.webp)
First World War Memorial Plaque, Rawcliffe Street Methodist Church
![Refurbished First World War brass memorial plaque on a table covered in a blue cloth in Highfield Road Methodist Church](resources/images/town/methodist/rawcliffest/rawcliffe-memorial2-thumbnail.webp)
First World War Memorial Plaque, Rawcliffe Street Methodist Church
![Refurbished First World War brass memorial plaque on a wall in Highfield Road Methodist Church](resources/images/town/methodist/rawcliffest/rawcliffe_st_memorial3-thumbnail.webp)
First World War Memorial Plaque, Rawcliffe Street Methodist Church
![Wooden Second World War memorial table](resources/images/town/methodist/rawcliffest/rawcliffe-memorial3-thumbnail.webp)
Second World War Memorial Table, Rawcliffe Street Methodist Church
![Framed roll of honour for Waterloo Road Methodist Mission](resources/images/town/methodist/waterloord/waterloo-rd-roll-of-honour-thumbnail.webp)
Roll of honour, Waterloo Road Methodist Mission
![Portrait of a First World War Soldier, Private W R Noble, first Sunday School Superintendent](resources/images/town/methodist/Lindale/Lindale_Noble-thumbnail.webp)
Portrait of Private W R Noble from Lindale Methodist Church
![Black and white image of the interior of a church with a balcony, with all seating filled by First World War soldiers](resources/images/town/methodist/raikesparade/raikes_parade_interior_london_scottish-thumbnail.webp)
London Scottish Regiment in Raikes Parade Methodist Church
![1924 cutting from Kellys's Directory about Methodist chapels in Blackpool](resources/images/town/methodist/general/1924_kellys_directory_page_194-thumbnail.webp)
1924 Kelly’s Directory (Lancashire): Blackpool's Methodist Chapels
![1924 cutting from Kelly's Directory about Marton Methodist Chapel](resources/images/town/methodist/general/1924_kellys_page194-thumbnail.webp)
1924 Kelly’s Directory (Lancashire): Marton Methodist Chapel
![1924 cutting from Kellys's Directory about Methodist churches in Blackpool](resources/images/town/methodist/general/1924_kellys_page_198-thumbnail.webp)
1924 Kelly’s Directory (Lancashire): Blackpool's Methodist churches
![1934 newspaper cutting about plans for a new Layton Methodist Church](resources/images/town/methodist/layton/publication_18_January_1934-thumbnail.webp)
Lancashire Daily Post: 1934 - Layton Methodists: Plans for Erection of £7,000 Church and Schoolroom
![1935 newspaper cutting about the Rose Queen crowning and fete at Marton Methodist Church](resources/images/town/methodist/marton/publication_04_september_1935-thumbnail.webp)
Lancashire Daily Post: 1935 - Marton All Colour and Bustle: Rose Queen Crowning and Fete
![1937 newspaper cutting about Fylde Sunday School League football results](resources/images/town/methodist/marton/publication_19_january_1937_marton-thumbnail.webp)
Lancashire Daily Post: 1937 - Fylde Sunday School League - Results
![Newspaper article dated 17 June 1937 about a chor competition](resources/images/town/methodist/northshore/Lancs_Daily_Post_17_June_1937-thumbnail.webp)
Lancashire Daily Post: Lytham St Annes Music Festival 1937
![Inscribed grey foundation stone in a brick wall](resources/images/town/methodist/layton/foundation_stone_layton-thumbnail.webp)
Foundation stone Layton Methodist Church
![1938 newspaper cutting about the death of a member of Marton Methodist Church](resources/images/town/methodist/marton/publication_06_January_1938-thumbnail.webp)
Lancashire Daily Post: 1938 - Retired Coal Merchant Dies at Blackpool
![1939 newspaper cutting about the crowning of the Rose Queen at Marton Methodist Church](resources/images/town/methodist/marton/publication_28_June_1939-thumbnail.webp)
Lancashire Daily Post: 1939 - Parade in Rain: Marton Moss Rose Queen Crowned
![Black and white image of children eating at a table attended by nurses in uniforms and veils](resources/images/town/methodist/general/nursery_methodist_schoolrooms_opened_1941-thumbnail.webp)
Nursery in Methodist Schoolrooms, about 1941
![stained glass Second World War memorial window](resources/images/town/methodist/chapelst/chapel-st-window-thumbnail.webp)
Second World War memorial window, Chapel Street Methodist Church
![Framed Second World War roll of honour for Central Methodist Church and Sunday School](resources/images/town/methodist/newcentral/central_rollOfHonour-thumbnail.webp)
Second World War Roll of Honour for Blackpool Central Methodist Church and Sunday School
![1946 newspaper cutting featuring a letter about Marton Methodist Church](resources/images/town/methodist/marton/publication_12_November_1946-thumbnail.webp)
Lancashire Evening Post: 1946 Letter to the Lancashire Evening Post: Marton Methodism
![Stone showing name of Lindale Methodist Church and date 1948](resources/images/town/methodist/lindale/lindale_hall1-thumbnail.webp)
1948 Foundation stone in Lindale Methodist Church
![Foundation stone inscribed 'Members of the Church'](resources/images/town/methodist/lindale/lindale_hall3-thumbnail.webp)
Stone from Lindale Methodist Church laid on behalf of 'Members of the Church'
![Foundation stone showing the name Irene W Fairfoot](resources/images/town/methodist/lindale/lindale_hall2-thumbnail.webp)
Stone from Lindale Methodist Church showing name 'Irene W Fairfoot'
![Foundation stone showing the name Margaret Taylor](resources/images/town/methodist/lindale/lindale_hall4-thumbnail.webp)
Stone from Lindale Methodist Church showing name 'Margaret Taylor'
![Foundation stone showing the name Nan Riley](resources/images/town/methodist/lindale/lindale_hall5-thumbnail.webp)
Stone from Lindale Methodist Church showing name 'Nan Riley'
![Foundation stone showing the name Mrs J Potts](resources/images/town/methodist/lindale/lindale_hall6-thumbnail.webp)
Stone from Lindale Methodist Church showing name 'Mrs J Potts'
![Foundation stone showing the name Margaret Burton](resources/images/town/methodist/lindale/lindale_hall7-thumbnail.webp)
Stone from Lindale Methodist Church showing name 'Margaret Burton'
![Foundation stone showing the name Mr W Singleton](resources/images/town/methodist/lindale/lindale_hall8-thumbnail.webp)
Stone from Lindale Methodist Church showing name 'Mr W Singleton'
![1948 newspaper cutting about a trip to Roughlee Lake by members of Waterloo Road Methodist Church](resources/images/town/methodist/waterloord/publication_14_may_1948-thumbnail.webp)
The Nelson Leader: 1948 trip to Roughlee Lake by members of Waterloo Road Methodist Church
![Four sandstone memorial stones set in brickwork of Highfield Methodist Church Hall](resources/images/town/methodist/highfield/hall_stones_1-thumbnail.webp)
Memorial stones set in brickwork, Highfield Methodist Church Hall
![Two sets of sandstone memorial stones set in brickwork of Highfield Methodist Church Hall, Nine in one group and four in the other](resources/images/town/methodist/highfield/hall_stones_2-thumbnail.webp)
Memorial stones set in brickwork, Highfield Methodist Church Hall
![Sandstone memorial stone inscribed 'This stone was laid by Miss Mary Burrill'](resources/images/town/methodist/highfield/highfield_hall1_1-thumbnail.webp)
Memorial stone in Highfield Methodist Church Hall laid by Miss Mary Burrill
![Sandstone memorial stone inscribed 'Mr and Mrs William Cartmell and family'](resources/images/town/methodist/highfield/highfield_hall1_2-thumbnail.webp)
Memorial stone in Highfield Methodist Church Hall for Mr and Mrs William Cartmell and family
![Sandstone memorial stone inscribed 'In memory of Annie Cartmell an original founder member'](resources/images/town/methodist/highfield/highfield_hall1_3-thumbnail.webp)
Memorial stone in Highfield Methodist Church Hall for Annie Cartmell
![Sandstone memorial stone inscribed 'In memory of George Elliott 1876-1952'](resources/images/town/methodist/highfield/highfield_hall1_4-thumbnail.webp)
Memorial stone in Highfield Methodist Church Hall for George Elliott
![Sandstone memorial stone inscribed 'Albert Hague JP'](resources/images/town/methodist/highfield/highfield_hall3_6-thumbnail.webp)
Memorial stone in Highfield Methodist Church Hall for Albert Hague
![Sandstone memorial stone inscribed 'Mrs and Mrs Maurice Naylor and family'](resources/images/town/methodist/highfield/highfield_hall3_7-thumbnail.webp)
Memorial stone in Highfield Methodist Church Hall for Mr and Mrs Maurice Naylor and family
![Sandstone memorial stone inscribed 'In memory of W Arthur Warburton, Sunday School Superintendent'](resources/images/town/methodist/highfield/highfield_hall3_8-thumbnail.webp)
Memorial stone in Highfield Methodist Church Hall for W Arthur Warburton
![Sandstone memorial stone inscribed 'Sunday School Miss Irene Lord'](resources/images/town/methodist/highfield/highfield_hall4_9-thumbnail.webp)
Memorial stone in Highfield Methodist Church Hall for the Sunday School - Miss Irene Lord
![Sandstone memorial stone inscribed 'Youth Fellowship J Donald Wedgwood'](resources/images/town/methodist/highfield/highfield_hall4_10-thumbnail.webp)
Memorial stone in Highfield Methodist Church Hall for the Youth Fellowship - J Donald Wedgwood
![Sandstone memorial stone inscribed 'Ladies Home Fellowship Miss Phyllis M Kershaw'](resources/images/town/methodist/highfield/highfield_hall4_11-thumbnail.webp)
Memorial stone in Highfield Methodist Church Hall for the Ladies Home Fellowship - Miss Phyllis M Kershaw
![Sandstone memorial stone inscribed 'Married Ladies Mrs Dorothy B Warburton'](resources/images/town/methodist/highfield/highfield_hall4_12-thumbnail.webp)
Memorial stone in Highfield Methodist Church Hall for the Married Ladies - Mrs Dorothy B Warburton
![Sandstone memorial stone inscribed 'Bright Hour Mrs Sarah A Hooley'](resources/images/town/methodist/highfield/highfield_hall4_13-thumbnail.webp)
Memorial stone in Highfield Methodist Church Hall for the Bright Hour - Mrs Sarah A Hooley
![Sandstone memorial stone inscribed 'Men's Fellowship - John A France'](resources/images/town/methodist/highfield/highfield_hall4_14-thumbnail.webp)
Memorial stone in Highfield Methodist Church Hall for the Men's Fellowship - John A France
![Sandstone memorial stone inscribed 'Men's Institute Richard Smith'](resources/images/town/methodist/highfield/highfield_hall4_15-thumbnail.webp)
Memorial stone in Highfield Methodist Church Hall for the Men's Institute - Richard Smith
![Sandstone memorial stone inscribed 'Choir Miss Anne Steele'](resources/images/town/methodist/highfield/highfield_hall4_16-thumbnail.webp)
Memorial stone in Highfield Methodist Church Hall for the Choir - Miss Anne Steele
![Sandstone memorial stone inscribed 'The Trust John T Kershaw'](resources/images/town/methodist/highfield/highfield_hall4_17-thumbnail.webp)
Memorial stone in Highfield Methodist Church Hall for The Trust - John T Kershaw
![Grey stone with gold lettered inscription laid on behalf of the congregation commemorating the 1967 building of Lindale Methodist Church](resources/images/town/methodist/lindale/lindale_church_1967_congregation-thumbnail.webp)
Stone laid on behalf of the congregation commemorating the 1967 building of Lindale Methodist Church
![Grey stone with gold lettered inscription laid on behalf of old members and friends commemorating the 1967 building of Lindale Methodist Church](resources/images/town/methodist/lindale/lindale_church_1967_stone-thumbnail.webp)
Stone laid on behalf of old members and friends commemorating the 1967 building of Lindale Methodist Church
![Brown perspex plaque with white lettered inscription to Joseph Rank commemorating the 1967 building of Lindale Methodist Church](resources/images/town/methodist/lindale/lindale_church_rank-thumbnail.webp)
Memorial plaque to Joseph Rank commemorating the 1967 building of Lindale Methodist Church
![Brown perspex plaque with white lettered inscription to Grasmere Road Methodist Church commemorating the 1967 building of Lindale Methodist Church](resources/images/town/methodist/lindale/lindale_church_grasmere-thumbnail.webp)
Memorial plaque to Grasmere Road Methodist Church commemorating the 1967 building of Lindale Methodist Church
![Unaddressed, long white envelope, with green 6p stamp, printed with the image of a church and stamped with the church name and dates 1875 and 1975](resources/images/town/methodist/chapelst/chapel_st_envelope-thumbnail.webp)
Envelope commemorating the centenary of Chapel Street Methodist Church
![Detail of an embroidered cloth featuring Waterloo Road Methodist Church](resources/images/town/methodist/waterloord/waterlooRdCloth-thumbnail.webp)
Waterloo Road Methodist Church embroidered cloth
![Detail of an embroidered cloth featuring Waterloo Road Methodist Church and numerous names in different colours](resources/images/town/methodist/waterloord/waterloo_road_cloth-thumbnail.webp)
Waterloo Road Methodist Church embroidered cloth
![Girl in a white dress and dark green cloak, with yellow roses in her hair, sitting on a throne accompanied by a woman and two page boys](resources/images/town/methodist/marton/bg_marton_rose_queen_1997_Tracey_Smithey-thumbnail.webp)
Blackpool Gazette: Tracey Smithey crowned as Rose Queen at Marton Methodist Church, 1997
![White commemorative mug showing the image of a church and the text 'Highfield Methodist Church, Blackpool, 1898-1998'](resources/images/town/methodist/highfield/highfieldMug-thumbnail.webp)
Highfield Methodist Church commemorative mug
![Line drawing of a traditional brick built church with a spire](resources/images/town/methodist/highfield/highfield_drawing-thumbnail.webp)
Highfield Methodist Church ('1898-1998' on the back of the frame)
![Front cover of a thin booklet celebrating a church centenary (1907 to 2007), featuring a photograph of the church](resources/images/town/methodist/northshore/northshore_centenary_booklet-thumbnail.webp)
North Shore Methodist Church interior
![Interior of North Shore Methodist Church](resources/images/town/methodist/northshore/north-shore-gazette-picture1-thumbnail.webp)
Blackpool Gazette: Interior of North Shore Methodist Church
![Heritage coordinator Diana Holden looking at table full of photographs](resources/images/town/methodist/northshore/north-shore-gazette-picture2-thumbnail.webp)
Blackpool Gazette: North Shore Methodist Church Heritage coordinator, Diana Holden
![Reverend Janet Pybon standing in North Shore Methodist Church](resources/images/town/methodist/northshore/north-shore-gazette-picture3-thumbnail.webp)
Blackpool Gazette: Reverend Janet Pybon
![Exterior of a traditional red brick church with a spire](resources/images/town/methodist/northshore/north-shore-gazette-picture4-thumbnail.webp)
Blackpool Gazette: North Shore Methodist Church
![A woman sitting sideways in a pew of a traditional church, looking up towards the rear balcony](resources/images/town/methodist/northshore/north-shore-gazette-picture5-thumbnail.webp)
Blackpool Gazette: North Shore Methodist Church Senior steward, Yvonne Goulds
![Three women standing in the upper balcony of a traditional church, organ pipes and pulpit visible behind them](resources/images/town/methodist/northshore/north-shore-gazette-picture6-thumbnail.webp)
Blackpool Gazette: Diana Holden, Rev. Janet Pybon, Yvonne Goulds
![Red and green flower motif stained glass window in North Shore Methodist Church](resources/images/town/methodist/northshore/north-shore-window1-thumbnail.webp)
Blackpool Gazette: Window, North Shore Methodist Church
![Geometric design, stained glass window behind a darkened table on with a cross is placed](resources/images/town/methodist/northshore/north-shore-window2-thumbnail.webp)
Blackpool Gazette: Window, North Shore Methodist Church
![White and grey vertically-placed organ pipes](resources/images/town/methodist/northshore/north-shore-organ-pipes-thumbnail.webp)
Blackpool Gazette: Organ pipes in North Shore Methodist Church
![Three different stained glass windows, with geometric and floral designs](resources/images/town/methodist/northshore/northshore_stained_glass_x3-thumbnail.webp)
Windows, North Shore Methodist Church
![Woman in jeans, a blue cardigan and silk scarf standing in a church car park looking at the notice board](resources/images/town/methodist/marton/publication_14_December_2020_1-thumbnail.webp)
Blackpool Gazette: 2020 Blackpool church needs a Christmas miracle or it will face closure in January
![Woman in jeans, a blue cardigan and silk scarf standing in an empty church hall](resources/images/town/methodist/marton/publication_14_December_2020_2-thumbnail.webp)
Blackpool Gazette: 2020 Marton Methodist Church hall
![Yellow noticeboard displaying posters and decorative items](resources/images/town/methodist/marton/publication_14_December_2020_3-thumbnail.webp)
Blackpool Gazette: 2020 Noticeboard in Marton Methodist Church hall
![Table in Lindale Methodist Church entrance, with a cross, vase of flowers and stacks of hymn books. Memorial plaques are positioned on grey brick walls.](resources/images/town/methodist/Lindale/Lindale_entrance-thumbnail.webp)
Lindale Methodist Church entrance
![Modern church hall, wooden tiled floor and rainbow painted roof supports](resources/images/town/methodist/Lindale/Lindale_hall_2-thumbnail.webp)
Lindale Church hall - view from stage
![Modern church hall, wooden tiled floor and rainbow painted roof supports](resources/images/town/methodist/Lindale/Lindale_hall_1-thumbnail.webp)
Lindale Church hall - view of stage
![Modern hall, brick-walled, tiled ceiling, tables and chairs distributed randomly either side of a red carpet runner](resources/images/town/methodist/Lindale/Lindale_interior-thumbnail.webp)
Lindale Methodist Church interior
![Church hall with tables and chairs in the centre and stalls around the edge in front of large windows](resources/images/town/methodist/highfield/highfield_fete_2-thumbnail.webp)
Highfield Methodist Church Christmas Fayre circa 2022
![Church hall with tables and chairs in the centre and stalls around the edge in front of large windows](resources/images/town/methodist/highfield/highfield_fete_1-thumbnail.webp)
Highfield Methodist Church Christmas Fayre circa 2022